Design Director

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The Design Director at Walker Sands is the senior design leader within the creative department. This is both a hands‑on design and team leadership role, setting and raising the agency’s visual standards across brand systems, integrated campaigns and multi‑channel work.

In this role, you establish the overarching design vision for our clients and new business prospects, ensuring work is strategically grounded, visually distinctive and built to scale within complex B2B environments. You bring a systems‑driven mindset and a relentless commitment to craft, shaping creative that not only stands out but delivers impact across channels.

You will mentor and guide the design team in developing bold, strategic solutions for world‑leading technology companies and other ambitious B2B brands. From identity development to campaign and content ecosystems, you’ll help brands show up with clarity, consistency, and creative strength at every stage of the buyer journey.

• Define and uphold Walker Sands’ design standards, ensuring exceptional craft and consistency across all client engagements.
• Set the visual direction for client brand identity systems, rebrands and large‑scale integrated campaigns.
• Set and elevate standards for design craft across typography, composition, digital experiences, motion and visual systems.
• Provide senior‑level creative oversight, delivering thoughtful feedback and final approval on key design work.
• Translate strategic insights and positioning into distinctive, ownable visual frameworks that drive impact.

• Lead the development of scalable brand systems, visual frameworks and modular toolkits that enable integrated execution.
• Ensure design solutions translate seamlessly across all channels and disciplines, including PR, social, web, demand generation, content and experiential.
• Create cohesive visual ecosystems that balance consistency with adaptability across complex B2B marketing environments.
• Steward the long‑term evolution of client brands, proactively identifying opportunities to strengthen and modernize their visual presence.

• Partner closely with the strategy group to translate brand positioning and audience insights into compelling visual expression.
• Collaborate seamlessly with art directors and across PR, media, content and other departments to ensure design strengthens and unifies integrated activations.
• Work alongside account leadership to align creative excellence with measurable business outcomes.
• Present work to senior client stakeholders with clarity, conviction and a strong strategic point of view.

• Lead, mentor and develop designers across experience levels, building a high‑performing and engaged team.
• Deliver clear, craft‑driven feedback and thoughtful career guidance that supports individual growth.
• Partner with creative and HR leadership on hiring, performance management and design team planning.
• Cultivate a culture of curiosity, accountability and continuous improvement that raises the bar for creative excellence.

• Play a key role in new business efforts, contributing strategic and visually compelling work to pitches and growth opportunities.
• Help define and elevate Walker Sands’ creative reputation within the global B2B marketplace.
• Contribute to thought leadership that showcases our perspective on brand building, design systems and creative effectiveness.

• 10+ years of experience in agency design, preferably within B2B or complex industries.
• 3–5+ years leading…